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HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO. V. THE HONORABLE VIDETTA A. BROWN, ET AL.

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO. V. THE HONORABLE VIDETTA A. BROWN, ET AL.

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Civil litigation — Discovery — Protective order

Hartford Fire Insurance Co. filed a petition for a writ of mandamus against the Honorable Videtta A. Brown, a judge in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The petition asked this Court to mandate that Judge Brown enter a protective order as to certain discovery requests propounded by Hartford’s adversary. In an order dated July 2, 2020, we dismissed the petition. We write now to explain the basis of the ruling.

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